Spain has endured high temperatures during the month of June. This situation has affected agriculture. One of those affected has been the thistle, whose rennet is necessary for the elaboration of the Casar cake. What does this have to do with anything?
A problem for agriculture
As we have already said, high temperatures seriously affect the field. Those responsible for the Protected Designation of Origin of the Casar cake. This cheese is made with the vegetable rennet of the thistle, a plant that is pick up at the end of july, but due to the intensity of the heat, it has had to be collected in June.
To ensure the harvest of this plant, the PDO of this popular cheese from Extremadura has signed an agreement with the Town Council of Casar de Cáceres. The two parties have decided to enable eighteen more hectares to plant thistle and thus ensure that producers are guaranteed the average annual harvest. It is a small wall containment of climate change.
The importance of the Torta del Casar
La Casar cake occupies an important place in Spanish gastronomy. In this way, it is one of the most representative cheeses of our cuisine. This product appears for the first time quoted late XNUMXth century, but it is believed that it was already being made four centuries earlier. Made with raw sheep's milk and thistle rennet, it is left to mature for a month, achieving a intensely flavored spreadable cream.
Like all dairy products, this cheese has multiple benefits for our health. It has very high protein levels, which makes it an ally for athletes who want to develop their muscles. Thus, its contribution of calcium is very high, something essential for the development of bones. In addition, its consumption is especially recommended for children and adolescents.
Caring for the environment is something basic for the development of any society, and obviously that influences our diet. It is essential that climate change is combated so that our fields can continue to give us the sustenance of our gastronomy. And now that you know, are you going to do your bit for it?
